Phinergy's Recyclable Aluminum-Air Battery Could Power EVs for Thousands of Miles

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<a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/range-anxiety/">Range anxiety</a> is a much-discussed concern among drivers—and potential drivers—of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/green-transportation">electric vehicles</a>, and in attempt to thwart it, automakers are trying to install more EV charging stations, offering free <a href="http://inhabitat.com/bmw-hopes-to-cure-range-anxiety-with-gas-powered-rental-cars-for-ev-buyers/">gas-powered rentals</a> for longer trips and, of course, developing batteries with a substantially longer range. Israeli start-up <a href="http://www.phinergy.com/">Phinergy</a> believes they might just have the answer: aluminum-air batteries that can go for thousands of miles on a single charge. This alone might sound like it's on the ambitious side, but the company believes the batteries could be installed in production vehicles <a href="http://news.discovery.com/autos/fuel-and-alternative-fuel-technologies/aluminum-air-battery-1000-miles-130325.htm">as soon as 2017</a>!...<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/phinergys-recyclable-aluminum-air-battery-could-power-evs-for-thousands-of-miles/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Phinergy's Recyclable Aluminum-Air Battery Could Power EVs for Thousands of Miles

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<a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/range-anxiety/">Range anxiety</a> is a much-discussed concern among drivers—and potential drivers—of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/green-transportation">electric vehicles</a>, and in attempt to thwart it, automakers are trying to install more EV charging stations, offering free <a href="http://inhabitat.com/bmw-hopes-to-cure-range-anxiety-with-gas-powered-rental-cars-for-ev-buyers/">gas-powered rentals</a> for longer trips and, of course, developing batteries with a substantially longer range. Israeli start-up <a href="http://www.phinergy.com/">Phinergy</a> believes they might just have the answer: aluminum-air batteries that can go for thousands of miles on a single charge. This alone might sound like it's on the ambitious side, but the company believes the batteries could be installed in production vehicles <a href="http://news.discovery.com/autos/fuel-and-alternative-fuel-technologies/aluminum-air-battery-1000-miles-130325.htm">as soon as 2017</a>!...<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/phinergys-recyclable-aluminum-air-battery-could-power-evs-for-thousands-of-miles/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Phinergy's Recyclable Aluminum-Air Battery Could Power EVs for Thousands of Miles

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<a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/range-anxiety/">Range anxiety</a> is a much-discussed concern among drivers—and potential drivers—of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/green-transportation">electric vehicles</a>, and in attempt to thwart it, automakers are trying to install more EV charging stations, offering free <a href="http://inhabitat.com/bmw-hopes-to-cure-range-anxiety-with-gas-powered-rental-cars-for-ev-buyers/">gas-powered rentals</a> for longer trips and, of course, developing batteries with a substantially longer range. Israeli start-up <a href="http://www.phinergy.com/">Phinergy</a> believes they might just have the answer: aluminum-air batteries that can go for thousands of miles on a single charge. This alone might sound like it's on the ambitious side, but the company believes the batteries could be installed in production vehicles <a href="http://news.discovery.com/autos/fuel-and-alternative-fuel-technologies/aluminum-air-battery-1000-miles-130325.htm">as soon as 2017</a>!...<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/phinergys-recyclable-aluminum-air-battery-could-power-evs-for-thousands-of-miles/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Phinergy's Recyclable Aluminum-Air Battery Could Power EVs for Thousands of Miles

Range anxiety is a much-discussed concern among drivers—and potential drivers—of electric vehicles, and in attempt to thwart it, automakers are trying to install more EV charging stations, offering free gas-powered rentals for longer trips and, of course, developing batteries with a substantially longer range. Israeli start-up Phinergy believes they might just have the answer: aluminum-air batteries that can go for thousands of miles on a single charge. This alone might sound like it's on the ambitious side, but the company believes the batteries could be installed in production vehicles as soon as 2017!...